hello, i found this tutorial on the net and i thought id give it a go because i have just started learning this stuff. the problem is when i input the info it seems to be ok but when i go to index.php new rows have been created but the info i inputted isnt displayed. could you please have a look at the code to see if there is a problem because i dont know what to look for. cheers.
dbinfo.inc.php(to connect to the database):
PHP Code:
<?
$username="name";
$password="pw";
$database="db";
?>
add.html(to input the data)
HTML Code:
<form action="insert.php" method="post">
First Name: <input type="text" name="first"><br>
Last Name: <input type="text" name="last"><br>
Phone: <input type="text" name="phone"><br>
Mobile: <input type="text" name="mobile"><br>
Fax: <input type="text" name="fax"><br>
E-mail: <input type="text" name="email"><br>
Web: <input type="text" name="web"><br>
<input type="Submit">
</form>
insert.php(to insert the info into the database):
PHP Code:
<?
include("dbinfo.inc.php");
mysql_connect(localhost,$username,$password);
@mysql_select_db($database) or die( "Unable to select database");
$query = "INSERT INTO contacts VALUES ('','$first','$last','$phone','$mobile','$fax','$email','$web')";
mysql_query($query);
mysql_close();
?>
index.php (to display it):
PHP Code:
<?
include("dbinfo.inc.php");
mysql_connect(localhost,$username,$password);
@mysql_select_db($database) or die( "Unable to select database");
$query="SELECT * FROM contacts";
$result=mysql_query($query);
$num=mysql_numrows($result);
mysql_close();
echo "<b><center>Database Output</center></b><br><br>";
?>
<table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
<tr>
<th><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Name</font></th>
<th><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Phone</font></th>
<th><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Mobile</font></th>
<th><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Fax</font></th>
<th><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">E-mail</font></th>
<th><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Website</font></th>
</tr>
<?
$i=0;
while ($i < $num) {
$first=mysql_result($result,$i,"first");
$last=mysql_result($result,$i,"last");
$phone=mysql_result($result,$i,"phone");
$mobile=mysql_result($result,$i,"mobile");
$fax=mysql_result($result,$i,"fax");
$email=mysql_result($result,$i,"email");
$web=mysql_result($result,$i,"web");
?>
<tr>
<td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><? echo "$first $last"; ?></font></td>
<td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><? echo "$phone"; ?></font></td>
<td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><? echo "$mobile"; ?></font></td>
<td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><? echo "$fax"; ?></font></td>
<td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:<? echo "$email"; ?>">E-mail</a></font></td>
<td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="<? echo "$web"; ?>">Website</a></font></td>
</tr>
<?
++$i;
}
echo "</table>";
?>
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